SARAH SAWATSKY is a Senior Instructor at Tarlington Training with twenty years experience as a professional film, television and stage actor. She’s also been with us for over ten years. Her acting credits include principal roles on “Cold Squad”, “X-Files”, “The Marshal”, “Lonesome Dove”, “Danger Bay” and “Northwood”. Sarah has won three acting awards: the TV Week Award, YTV National Achievement Award In Acting and the Los Angeles Youth In Film Award for her lead role in “The Girl From Mars”. Sarah holds a BC Provincial Instructor Diploma. She has studied at both New York’s Circle In The Square Theatre School and the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia. Behind the camera, Sarah has directed two short films – “Just Like Everybody Else” for the Vancouver School Board and “Being Elizabeth” for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vancouver.

TREVOR ROBERTS has been working professionally in film, television and theatre for the past fifteen years. His roots began at the Vancouver Youth Theatre where he toured nationally and internationally. He has appeared in numberous television series and pilots in Vancouver, including "DaVinci's Inquest", "The 4400", "Psych", "The Commish", "The Odyssey", "Sliders", "Viper", "Higher Ground", "Rocky Times" and "These Arms Of Mine". Trevor's feature film credits include "Scary Movie", "Final Destination 2", "MVP: Most Valuable Primate", "Angels In The Endzone" and "This Boy's Life" He has appeared on screen with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Matthew McConnaughey. He is also a talented writer and film producer with three shorts completed and his first feature currently in development. Trevor has been at Tarlington Training for five years and is one of our senior instructors.

A film and stage actor, screenwriter and acting instructor whose career spans almost two decades in Canada and England, MISLI ALAN has appeared in David Mamet's "Speed The Plow" and spent two yeras with the British Asian Theatre Company. Her film credits include "South Of The Border", "Secret Weapon" and "Boeing Boeing". Misli spent two years mentoring in playwriting, acting and producing for young people at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre. Turning her sights to writing professionally, she penned the critically acclaimed "Raj From Edmonton", a one-person show that toured England with over 100 performances. Other writing credtis are a commissioned play "I'll Die With My Gold On" for Asian Theatre Initiative in England, "The Silver Touch", in development for television for London Films and "I'll Spell That For You", a novel that is a work in progress. She also writes poetry.

MICHAEL SCHOLAR is the Artistic Producer of November Theatre which has toured the smash hit rock opera The Black Rider across North America. It was the only show to ever win “Best Production” at the Sterling Awards (Edmonton), the Betty Mitchell Awards (Calgary) and the Jessie Awards (Vancouver). Favourite directing credits include Fat Pig (Performance Works), Humanity and No (Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon); I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Arts Club/Gateway Theatre/BC Tour/Ovation Award Nomination), 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress (Presentation House); and Barbie Screams (Fringe Tour). As an actor Michael has worked for theatres across the country including The Electric Company, Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Bard on the Beach, Touchstone Theatre, Pi Theatre, Theatre Network, Free Will Players, Catalyst Theatre, Theatre Junction, Persephone Theatre, and Tarragon Theatre. He also works in radio and television, having appeared in such shows as “The Collector”, “Jeremiah” with Luke Perry, “Black Sash”, “Special Unit 2”, “Mentors” with Henry Czerny, “Stealing Christmas” with Tony Danza, “Portrait of a Young Artist” (SMPIA Award, “Best Lead Actor”), “Utopia Café” (SMPIA Nomination) and “Street Cents” (Gemini Nomination). Currently, with November Theatre, Michael is working on the stage adaptation of Hard Core Logo and a modern morality play called Everyone with five other Vancouver companies for Caravan Farm Theatre’s 30th Anniversary show.

TEGAN MOSS started her acting career at Tarlington Training when she was just 6 years old. Since then she has held roles in such projects as "X-Files", "The Eye", "White Noise 2", recurring co star's on the Canadian series "Robson Arms", "Godiva's" and "Alice I Think". She played the lead in the latest Dr Doolittle movie "Million Dollar Mutts", a guest star on the hit JJ Abrams show "Fringe", and is currently working on "The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud" with Zac Efron. Tegan was nominated for a Gemini Award for best supporting actress for her role in "8 Days To Live". Her voice credits include Penny in the new Inspector Gadget Series Gadget and the Gadgetini's, My Scene Girls and the role of Polly in Polly and the Pockets. Having just returned from Los Angeles where she helped run and develop a voice program at an acting school for kids, Tegan is thrilled to be back at Tarlington Training where her passion for acting was ignited and continues today.

MEGAN MACKENZIE is an Alumni of Tarlington Training and a graduate of UFV with her Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre. She also has trained extensively in film and television acting. Megan works part time with the Abbotsford Children’s Theatre as an Instructor, Artistic Stage Director and playwright. Megan has ten years experience in community theatre, playing roles in over fifteen productions including “Macbeth”, “A Midsummer Nights Dream”, “The Canterbury Tales”, “Anne of Green Gables”, and “Haroun and the Sea of Stories” among many others. She has directed many successful productions including “Anne Frank”, “Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes”, and “Mirror Game.” Megan is currently working with Penguin Books Canada on an adaptation of a Vancouver children’s novel, “Awake and Dreaming” for it’s stage debut in 2009.

For over a decade, RICHARD IAN COX has been a senior instructor at Tarlington Training and is currently a co-drama teacher at South Delta Secondary School. Richard was one of Carole Tarlington's top clients when she ran Tarlington Talent, the first agency in the lower mainland to represent children and teens when the industry was taking off (Tarlington Talent became Pacific Artists several years ago). Richard's success as a young actor was unequaled in Canada, co-starring with the legendary Mickey Rooney in the television series based on "The Black Stallion". Not only has he remained a successful actor as an adult (appearing in "RV", "Ghost Rider" and "Alive" among many other film and television credits). Richard is also an in demand voice actor, best known for his lead work on the anime series "InuYasha".